It seemed even stranger than the secret garden and the buried key.

Perhaps the fact that she was in a rebellious mood made her bold.

She put her foot out of bed and stood on the floor.
"I am going to find out what it is," she said.

"Everybody is in bed and I don't care about Mrs.Medlock--I don't care!" There was a candle by her bedside and she took it up and went softly out of the room.

The corridor looked very long and dark, but she was too excited to mind that.